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The Potato State Located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890 as the 43rd state. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Idaho is a mostly mountainous it is landlocked, surrounded by the states of Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Montana and the Canadian Province of British Columbia. However, the network of dams and locks on the Columbia and Snake Rivers make the city of Lewiston the farthest inland seaport on the west coast of the continental United States. To the south the Snake River Plains provides its farmlands. In 1805 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored the Oregon Country, which included parts of Idaho. In 1809, the British opened the first trading post in Idaho. In 1846, the United States signed an agreement with Great Britain for part of the Oregon Country. This land included all of Idaho. In 1860, farmers began to irrigate the land and plant potatoes. Mormons founded Idaho's first permanent settlement, Franklin. That same year miners found gold, and mining towns such as Boise and Idaho City were established

South of Buhl in the Salmon Falls Creek Canyon stands the world-famous Balanced Rock. Over 48 feet tall and 40 tons, the wind-carved rock balances precariously on a pedestal only 3 feet by 17 inches

Three Island Crossing State Park is located on the Snake River at Glenns Ferry. It is home to The Oregon Trail History and Education Center where visitors can learn about pioneer immigrants and Native American history.

City of Rocks is in south-central Idaho on the northern edge of the Great Basin This unique geologic area became a landmark in 1843 for California-bound emigrants. They left wagon ruts across the landscape and their signatures in axle grease on Register Rock, Camp Rock and many others. A few granite pinnacles and monoliths are in excess of sixty stories tall and 2.5 billion years old. The smooth granite faces offer exceptional rock climbing. Today, over 500 climbing routes have been identified.

Idaho's newest state park features giant granite spires known collectively as Castle Rocks.

Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve is located near Arco Idaho. Craters of the Moon is a protected area, and was once the site of a volcanic eruption. When the volcanic eruption occurred, a flood of lava and basalt swept through the area leaving some fascinating geological features. The Monument is one of the best preserved volcanic flood areas of its kind in the world, and was so named because the craters and markings left by the volcanic flood look somewhat like craters on our moon.

Idaho's Champion Western Red Cedar Tree, the largest tree in the state, (in Elk River) is estimated to be over 3000 years old. It is more than 18 feet in diameter and stands 177 feet tall

The Old Mission (Mission of the Sacred Heart) is the oldest standing building in Idaho. Jesuits established it in the early 1840’s, at the invitation of the Coeur d’ Alene Indians. The first Mission was established on the St. Joe River, by Father Point. Because of its location, it was repeatedly flooded. So in 1846, the Mission was relocated to a grassy knoll, about 35 miles away. Construction of the Old Mission (at its new location) began in 1848 in a joint effort between the missionaries and native Catholics, construction on the Mission was completed in 1853 Located at Cataldo, Idaho. 24 miles east of Coeur d’ Alene off Interstate 90

Hells Canyon, North America's deepest river gorge, encompasses a vast and remote region with dramatic changes in elevation, terrain, climate and vegetation. Carved by the great Snake River, Hells Canyon plunges more than a mile below Oregon's west rim, and 8,000 feet below snowcapped He Devil Peak of Idaho's Seven Devils Mountains. There are no roads across Hells Canyon's 10-mile wide expanse, and only three roads that lead to the Snake River between Hells Canyon Dam and the Oregon-Washington boundary.

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